Improvement in machine for making wheels



Matted gime 'stent @twine- THOMAS PLACE, 0F ALFRED CENTRE, NEW YORK.

Letters Patent No. 97,115, dated Nocembm 23,1869. i

IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINE FOR. MAKIIN'C-irl WHEELS.

The Schedule referred to in than Letters Patent and making part of the lame.

'l'o all whom it may concern.-

in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, tbrmiug part of this specifica-tion.

This invention relates to improvements in machines for boring felloes and tenoning spokes, such as patented to me March 12, 1867, No. 62,883, and consists in au improved arrangementot the turn-table, for

holding and centi-ing the hub on the carriage, forfeed- A ing up to the augeraud spoke-holder.

Figure l represents a longitudinal sectional elevation ot' my improvement.

Figure 2 represents a plan view, and

vFigure 3 represents a detail view.

Similar letters of reference indicate kco1'responding parts.

A represents a carriage, for supporting the hub, and 'moving it up to the boring-tool, to'prcsent the end of the spoke thereto.- v

The said carriage may be arranged in suitable ways, and moved by any suitable means.

B represents a turn-table, for centring 'and holding i the hub, whereof C is an upper plate, having acentral boss, D, projecting from the under side, E, radial ribs ou the top, and F, radial slots, supporting, cent1-ing, and clamping jaws G, for holding the hub.

H is a plat-e, centred on the boss D, and provided with eccentric slots, engaging projections I of the jaws, and arranged for turning,.to close the jaws against the base of the hub, where setting on the ribs E, thereby adjusting the outer surface ofthe hub upon a true circle, irrespective of the size or truth ot' the bore of the hub.

Another plate, R, is centredon the boss l) below the plate H, and rests on set-screws-L, for adjusting the table to any required plane.`

These plates constituting the turn-table are con iined to the carriage by an. eycbolt,'M, in the axis thereof', capable of adjustment vertically, for allowing the set-screws to act on the turn-table, and supporting also a 1clamping-bolt, N, by which the hub is secured to the said turn-table.

O represents an adjustable rest, forsupporting the ends of the. spokes, having at its outer end an adjust' able vertical slide-rest, P, capable of adjustment forhubs of any height. l

The inner end of the rest() is made capable ot` supporting a felloe for boring the dowe-l-holes, and may be turned outward, to present the felloe to the saine boring-apparatus employed for tenoning the spoke, which, beingno part ot' this invention, is not here described.

The said rest O may also be adjusted to or from the axis of'the hub for spokes ot' different lengt-h.

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new, and desire to secure b v Letters Patent- 1. The turn-table B, adapted for adjustment upon the carriage A, in any required plane, with reference to the rest O, or boring-tool, by means of the setscrews L and adjustable eye-bolt M, arranged to operate as herein shown. and described.

2. The slotted adjustable rest O, provided with the vertically-adjustable slide-rest l and the lfelloe-'snpport, in combination with the carriage A and turn-table B, as herein described, forthe purpose specified.

l THOMAS PLACE.

\Vitnesses:

ISAAC M. LANGwonTnr, A215. WoonAun. 

